True Chronicles of the Blida Joinville Psychiatric Hospital in the Last Century, when Dr Frantz Fanon Was Head of the Fifth Ward between 1953 and 1956

2025Directed by Abdenour Zahzah

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Released: July 23, 2025
Runtime: 1h 31m

About True Chronicles of the Blida Joinville Psychiatric Hospital in the Last Century, when Dr Frantz Fanon Was Head of the Fifth Ward between 1953 and 1956

History
Drama
Documentary

Synopsis

1953, colonized Algeria. Fanon, a young black psychiatrist is appointed head doctor at the Blida-Joinville Hospital. He was putting his theories of ‘Institutional Psychotherapy’ into practice in opposition to the racist theories of the Algies School of Psychiatry, while a war broke out in his own wards.

Director: Abdenour Zahzah
Writer: Abdenour Zahzah
Original title: Chroniques fidèles survenues au siècle dernier à l’hôpital psychiatrique Blida-Joinville, au temps où le Docteur Frantz Fanon était chef de la cinquième division entre 1953 et 1956

Principal cast

In billing order

Alexandre DesaneFrantz Fanon
Frantz FanonSelf (archive footage)
Gérard DuboucheDr. Ramée
Nicolas DromardThe Hospital Director
Omar BoulakirbaMr. Charef
Catherine BoskowitzThe Head Nurse

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